Ohio Code § 1337.11

§ 1337.11.

As used in sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Adult ” means a person who is eighteen years of age or older. (B) “ Attending physician ” means the physician to whom a principal or the family of a principal has assigned

primary responsibility for the treatment or care of the principal or, if the responsibility

has not been assigned, the physician who has accepted that responsibility. (C) “ Comfort care ” means any of the following: (1) Nutrition when administered to diminish the pain or discomfort of a principal, but

not to postpone death; (2) Hydration when administered to diminish the pain or discomfort of a principal, but

not to postpone death; (3) Any other medical or nursing procedure, treatment, intervention, or other measure

that is taken to diminish the pain or discomfort of a principal, but not to postpone

death. (D) “ Consulting physician ” means a physician who, in conjunction with the attending physician of a principal,

makes one or more determinations that are required to be made by the attending physician,

or to be made by the attending physician and one other physician, by an applicable

provision of sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the Revised Code , to a reasonable degree of medical certainty and in accordance with reasonable medical

standards. (E) “Declaration for mental health treatment” has the same meaning as in section 2135.01 of the Revised Code . (F) “ Guardian ” means a person appointed by a probate court pursuant to Chapter 2111. of the Revised

Code to have the care and management of the person of an incompetent. (G) “ Health care ” means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat

an individual's physical or mental condition or physical or mental health. (H) “ Health care decision ” means informed consent, refusal to give informed consent, or withdrawal of informed

consent to health care. (I) “ Health care facility ” means any of the following: (1) A hospital; (2) A hospice care program, pediatric respite care program, or other institution that

specializes in comfort care of patients in a terminal condition or in a permanently

unconscious state; (3) A nursing home; (4) A home health agency; (5) An intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities; (6) A regulated community mental health organization. (J) “ Health care personnel ” means physicians, nurses, physician assistants, emergency medical technicians-basic,

emergency medical technicians-intermediate, emergency medical technicians-paramedic,

medical technicians, dietitians, other authorized persons acting under the direction

of an attending physician, and administrators of health care facilities. (K) “Home health agency” has the same meaning as in section 3740.01 of the Revised Code . (L) “Hospice care program” and “pediatric respite care program” have the same meanings

as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code . (M) “Hospital” has the same meanings as in sections 3701.01 , 3727.01 , and 5122.01 of the Revised Code . (N) “ Hydration ” means fluids that are artificially or technologically administered. (O) “Incompetent” has the same meaning as in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code . (P) “Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities” has the

same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code . (Q) “ Life-sustaining treatment ” means any medical procedure, treatment, intervention, or other measure that, when

administered to a principal, will serve principally to prolong the process of dying. (R) “Medical claim” has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code . (S) “Mental health treatment” has the same meaning as in section 2135.01 of the Revised Code . (T) “Nursing home” has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code . (U) “ Nutrition ” means sustenance that is artificially or technologically administered. (V) “ Permanently unconscious state ” means a state of permanent unconsciousness in a principal that, to a reasonable

degree of medical certainty as determined in accordance with reasonable medical standards

by the principal's attending physician and one other physician who has examined the

principal, is characterized by both of the following: (1) Irreversible unawareness of one's being and environment. (2) Total loss of cerebral cortical functioning, resulting in the principal having no

capacity to experience pain or suffering. (W) “Person” has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and additionally includes political subdivisions and governmental agencies, boards,

commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and other instrumentalities. (X) “ Physician ” means a person who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice

medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (Y) “Political subdivision” and “state” have the same meanings as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code . (Z) “ Professional disciplinary action ” means action taken by the board or other entity that regulates the professional

conduct of health care personnel, including the state medical board and the board

of nursing. (AA) “ Regulated community mental health organization ” means a residential facility as defined and licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code or a community mental health services provider as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code . (BB) “ Terminal condition ” means an irreversible, incurable, and untreatable condition caused by disease, illness,

or injury from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty as determined in

accordance with reasonable medical standards by a principal's attending physician

and one other physician who has examined the principal, both of the following apply: (1) There can be no recovery. (2) Death is likely to occur within a relatively short time if life-sustaining treatment

is not administered. (CC) “ Tort action ” means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property,

other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement

between persons.